Crescent Lake (MN)

Quiet campground.

The rustic sites are small and best for tents and small campers. Rocky, picturesque shorelines of Crescent Lake, typical of the Boundary Waters area, do make it difficult to store your canoe near your campsite but the boat landing with pier is excellent. Many of the sites have steps up to, or down to, the picnic table and fire ring. Peaceful, quiet, no cell phones bothering you. The host in 2023, Jack, was super friendly and kept the place up very well. Outhouses were clean and always stocked with TP and the campsites had no litter, not even little bits! If you forgot any supplies, Sawbill Canoe Outfitters was 25 minutes at the end of the Sawbill Trail.

Crescent Lake might be my favorite campground I've ever stayed at. My site had shore access which was great for kayaking and swimming. The camp host was friendly and helpful. The cleanliness of the entire campground was impressive. The remoteness and the sounds of the wildlife were wonderfully peaceful. This place is a hidden gem!

Beautiful large site with water access. Loved listening to the loons as they sang on the water in the evenings. Our dogs enjoyed splashing and swimming the entire weekend. We brought our ATV's in hopes to explore some of the forestry roads, it is not posted on the website that this is a NOT ATV friendly campground. Jack, the awesome camp host, stopped by and interduce himself, apologized for the ATV policy and lack of website knowledge. He also let us know if there was anything we needed to reach out to him. Oh - if you bring a boat or a pontoon the boat ramp needs some work due to erosion, the water depth at the end of the dock is extremely shallow, making it a challenge! Our friends pulled their boat up but decided not to use it, due to the water depths and erosion issues. These things did not make or break our mini vacation - we thoroughly enjoyed our stay!! We'll be back!

Nice campground

Campsite 12 was perfect for us! We were able to park our truck and boat while having a separate area for our tent. The layout of the land special because our tent and table were on one level and the firepit was in ground on another level. It was also right up the hill from lakeshore, so we were able to walk down to the lake with ease. We were protected in the trees from wind and rain which was helpful in the fall. It is definitely a spot we'll go back to!

We camped at Site 12. The fire pit, table and bench were all there. It is nicely spaced out from the next and covered with trees that offer extra privacy. This site connects to the lake by taking a short path. We would try to cast some fishing lines had we had more day light. Since we arrived after 9PM we just cooked then hang out by the fire.

Lovely campsite. I came around mid-late June. There is no service and we forgot to note down which campsite number was ours but we were able to figure that out by going to the camp host, who was quite friendly with his playful dog. Pulled in the car and walked up a couple of dirt/log steps to see the elevated campsite. This specific site sort of had two levels to it. The lower level is for the vehicle and the upper level is for the tent, picnic table, and fire pit, I enjoyed the separation of the two. The fire pit is inground. Was hoping to use the grill but the grill does not lift very high above the fire. I saw online that if you brought two vehicles, one of them would have to be parked in some sort of parking lot, but I could not find that, luckily our parking space at camp was quite large and could fit both cars. There were an insane amount of mosquitos, especially at the picnic table. A short 1-2 minute walk to the lakeside from the site. Didn't find any ticks at all in this area. The water wasn't that cold with temps of 65-70 and cloudy outside. The water is quite dirty from all the loose algae so it will cover every hair on your body in algae. This camp was not that busy and most of the sites seemed to be pretty spread out. This was a group campsite and there was room for our big 6-person tent. Overall a great time!

we really enjoy the Cresent Lake area, but I really wish the host would have his big dog on a leash. My dog is very protective and it almost created a problem when his dog came into our camp. same thing last year when we were there.

Great time